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Harp and Kettle Cheese House Restaurant

Date: 09 04 1954
Description: Close-up of the Harp and Kettle Cheese House drive-in restaurant and store with roadside sign advertising "Aged Cheese, Retail, Mail Orders, Gift Boxes."
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Borden's Ice Cream Display Case

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Borden's ice cream in display case, with a person (hand and arm only showing) lifting a carton of ice cream from case, taken for a TV ad.
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Poultry and Egg Display

Date: 07 22 1948
Description: Front on view of poultry and egg display case, with dairy products on either side, at A & P grocery store, 623 University Avenue.
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Poultry and Egg Display

Date: 07 27 1948
Description: Angle view of poultry and egg display case, with dairy products on either side, at A & P grocery store, 623 University Avenue.
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Carlson's Store Ice Cream Bar Soda fountain

Date: 03 13 1948
Description: Old soda fountain at Carlson's Store ice cream bar store, 2138 Regent Street.
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Kober's Dairy Bar

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Kober's Dairy Bar drive-in restaurant, 2237 Sherman Avenue. Also shows the Borden Company truck.
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Hudson Park Pharmacy

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: Hudson Park Pharmacy, 2337 Atwood Avenue, interior view of soda fountain, with a display of greeting cards and booths, and a poster for "Elsie" Borden's Ic...
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Eat More Ice Cream Shop

Date: 08 07 1931
Description: Interior of Eat More Ice Cream Shop, opened by Hans P. Schleicher, under the direction of Eleanor Owens, at 1301 Williamson Street.
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Interior of Ice Cream Bar

Date: 09 11 1945
Description: Ice Cream Bar interior, on Milwaukee Street, showing fountain, and booths along the all on the left, with several people sitting.
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Display Window of Hankscraft Egg Cooker

Date: 01 18 1929
Description: Mock Easter display window with woman demonstrating Hankscraft egg cooker.
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Display Window of Hankscraft Egg Cooker

Date: 01 19 1929
Description: Mock Easter display window of Hankscraft egg cooker.
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Delivery Truck

Date: 05 03 1924
Description: Three-quarter view of passenger side of a KBC Ice Cream delivery truck parked on a cobblestone street. There are houses in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Matanuska Maid Ice Cream Display

Date: 06 2019
Description: Indoor display of a box of Matanuska Maid Ice Cream. From the Palmer Historical Society: "Matanuska Maid" was first the brand name of the Matanuska Valley ...
Photograph

June is Dairy Month Display

Date: 06 03 1955
Description: June is Dairy Month display at National Food stores located at 2087 Atwood Avenue, promoted by a grocer holding up the cheese special of the week.
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June is Dairy Month Display

Date: 06 03 1955
Description: June is Dairy Month display at National Food Stores located at 2087 Atwood Avenue, promoted by an aproned employee holding wrapped cheese at an aisle end c...
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Delta Tau Delta's Christmas Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Charlene Bainbrough and Kathy Daly eating ice cream at Delta Tau Delta's Christmas party for children of the South Side Community Center.
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Group of Women and Girls near Octagonal Building

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Description: View of women and girls sitting on the lawn under trees near an octagonal building. They are all eating what appears to be ice cream.
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Delivery Truck

Date: 08 05 1925
Description: Right side view of the Ted. Berman delivery truck. The sign painted on the side reads: "Buy a Pound today, Friedman's Oak Grove Brand Oleomargarine." and "...
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Taste Test

Date: 1950
Description: Five men, each with a small dish in front of them, are sitting around a table in the chemistry laboratory of the Robert A. Johnston Company. Several of the...
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Chocolate House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, at the intersection with West Gilman Street, towards a brick building containing three businesses, including the Chocolate House,...

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